Got rejected after Robinhood karat interview

Amazon
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Oct 12, 2021 50 Comments

What is the expectation? I was able to write the code and get expected result. It looks like they were expecting multiple questions to be solved in 30 mins.

TC: 220k
Yoe: 7

#engineering #software #swe #robinhood #karat

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  • Adobe
    01010100

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    01010100
    Karat is horrible, companies that outsource their interviews… I mean they are literally passing up the chance to do the most important thing in their business.

    Screen round is karat == we really don’t care about who works here just want to look like we ask real eng questions like real tech companies
    Oct 12, 2021 5
    • New
      Dr. Acula

      New

      Dr. Acula
      Freaking Kiwis!
      Oct 13, 2021
    • Wayfair
      wooooosh

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      wooooosh
      @bloomberg not sure who you’re replying to, but I’ve taken a few karats, they’re hit or miss with the interviewers English skills and demeanor (some rush it) but the questions are all written out and straightforward and basic. And like I said, recruiters and engineers review any rejects or borderline performances to make sure the karat folks got it right.
      Oct 13, 2021
  • Bloomberg / Eng
    🗿 <GO>

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    🗿 <GO>
    Karat is complete shit. Worst interviewers I’ve ever countered in my life. Some barely even speak English so not only do they expect you to solve 3 hards in an hour perfectly but you have to do so when you can’t even understand the question.

    The platform is so bad that they allow for one makeup which most people don’t do because they realize it’s not worth their time
    Oct 12, 2021 2
  • Shopify
    ydzgrW

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    ydzgrW
    Yep, apparently there is a follow-up, so they are expecting you to solve two LC medium/hard in under 30 minutes which is mega kappa imo
    Oct 12, 2021 6
  • PayPal
    Vlwc84

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    Vlwc84
    Did u solve the follow up coding in karat as well?
    Oct 12, 2021 6
    • Had karat interview. They don’t seem to care about communication and collaboration. They just want you to regurgitate an answer. If you’ve seen the question before and you want to just ctrl+v from your brain it’s a great interview for you. I had 2 mediums and 1 easy at the end, but it’s difficult to get through all the questions in time because they make it unnecessarily complex by having long descriptions and having the input be all strings when it’s not needed. Doing an easy can take 1-2 minutes, but with a long description + 3 different data inputs + parsing string, makes it take a longer
      Oct 13, 2021
    • Amazon
      bliss@

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      bliss@
      OP
      Exactly
      Oct 13, 2021
  • Hate Karat!!
    Oct 12, 2021 5